illuminare

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See also: il·luminaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin illūmināre (to illuminate). Compare alluminare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /il.lu.miˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: il‧lu‧mi‧nà‧re

Verb

illuminàre (first-person singular present illùmino, first-person singular past historic illuminài, past participle illuminàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to light
  2. to enlighten
  3. (figurative) to dawn on

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References

  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “illuminare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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Latin

Verb

illūmināre

  1. inflection of illūminō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative